The POOL ROOM

[Baz]

Fred was in the fertilized egg business. He had several hundred young pullets and ten roosters to fertilize the eggs. He kept records, and any rooster not performing went into the soup pot and was replaced.

This took a lot of time, so he brought some tiny bells and attached them to his roosters. Each bell had a different tone, so he could tell from a distance which rooster was performing. Now, he could sit on the porch and fill out his efficiency reports simply by just listening to the bells.

Fred’s favourite rooster, old 8utch, was a very fine specimen, but this morning he noticed old Butch’s bell hadn’t rung at all. He went to investigate and saw that the other roosters were busy chasing pullets, but the pullets, hearing the roosters coming, would run for cover. To Fred’s amazement, old Butch had his bell in his beak so it couldn’t ring. He’d sneak up on a pullet, do his job and walk on to the next one.

Baz

Fred was so proud of old Butch, he entered him in the 'Ekka' which is the Royal Queensland Show and he became an overnight sensation with the judges. The result was the judges not only awarded old Butch the ‘No Bell Piece Prize’, but also the ‘Pulletsurprise’ as well.

Clearly old Butch was a politician in the making. Who else but a politician could figure out how to win two of the most coveted awards on our planet by being the best at sneaking up on the unsuspecting populace and screwing them when they aren’t paying attention?

Vote carefully this coming election; the bells are not always audible.